Feeling alone...it's too hard

November I know sweetie its hard,everyone is at work and busy with families and here we sit with this GD!!!bc excuse my cursing but truly it is deserved by that disease. My new hangout buddies are the breast surgeon,the plastic surgeon, the home health care nurse, the oncologist and the psychiatrist. My fiance leaves for work at 5 or 6 and comes back about 10 and on his days off he has to take care of his rental properties. My son is at the university in Paris studying med to try and find us a cure for this demon. It gets so effin lonely sometimes with me and the dogs.....but I get by with a little help from my friends on this website as the old song says.

It sux and it's not fair.  But yes, you've come to a good place.  Soooo many ladies here to lift you up when you're feeling down.  And no one here expects you be a "Pink Warrior". 

I don't have your diagnosis but there is a forum specifically for triple negative breast cancer.  I'm sure some good advice and suggestions can be found there.  

Best wishes and gentle hugs sent your way.

You obviously are a very strong person, as you have dealt with so much as such a young age.  IT WILL GET BETTER!!!  I Promise!!  Please hang in there and hang out here.  There are so many ladies who have ben in your shoes, who truly understnad all you are going through.  Ask your doctors if there is someone you can talk to, to help you deal with this.  Please continue to talk to us!

XOXO

I was feeling the same way all afternoon then came to this discussion board......my social life consists of doctors also.....and the friends that call on the phone.....wish I could help you feel better........I told the nurse I felt this way yesterday also.....she said I will get thru this .....no matter what the outcome.....so had a nice accupuncture session at the doctors office and felt relaxed for about 24 hours...now it is back to reality.....maybe I should get a dog....a lot cheaper than some therapies and they love us unconditionally.....I spend too much time alone.....wish I could help someone but I am in the same boat!!!

I am sorry you are feeling so low.  This is very hard, there is no doubt about that.  Come over and visit the "Calling all TNS" threads and introduce yourself if you would like to - it is a very active thread with many posts everyday and lots of fantastic women.   I have a real sense of community with the women on there and no one is going to tell you to "be positive" - you can be however you are - we are all here for each other!

November, Stay connected to people who are genuinely supportive, wherever you may find them, including here! I agree with finding an oncology social worker or counselor to share your experiences, to strengthen the coping skills you've already developed in dealing with many challenges, and in learning additional ways of coping. Not to minimize your comments about life being hard, but life does feel harder when going through chemo. I wonder if you can recall what helped you to find that glimmer of hope and what that felt like for you. Try to do something everyday that consciously connects you to hope in some form, even if it means being hopeful about talking to someone, stretching for 15 minutes, reading a book or other source for inspiration, getting through chemo treatment by treatment. Try not to put a great deal of pressure on yourself to figure out everything now. It may sound like a cliche but there really is value in taking your journey one day at a time.

And maggiesuzanne, you did help someone today! I think there are quite a number of us who spend too much time alone, for whatever reason (mine primarily is fatigue). I hope you let others here know when you need support as well.